Alltime leader in career touchdown passes breaking brett favres record. Good morning, welcome to morning joe. With us onset we have professor at Columbia University of school of International Public affairs Dorian Warren. Good stuff there. Last night. Yeah. Peyton manning broke the all time career touchdown record that was held by brett favre. He did it in the first half. He needed three. He did three in the first half just for good measure. You can make the case hes the greatest of all time. Were living in an era it could be him or tom brady. His teammates love him. Hes one of the smartest players that ever played the game. Now perhaps the greatest quarterback ever. Unbelievable. Well, that must be fun for you guys. I want made my weekend. Im sure you were in front of the weekend watching football seeing alabama to win. I did notice that they won
like the biggest way ever. They woke up. The poor little team. They were terrible, obviously. Did they even score a point. No. They wanted to. If that counts. Ill move on to news and politics. Something nobody in america has ever said about texas a m. The midterms are weeks away and democrats and republicans are jockeying for position but not just the congress at stake but the white house. Hillary clinton leads all other names tested by more than 50 points and for the moment the primary would be hers to lose. Mitt romney is the head of the Republican Party field by 10 points. Hes winning with women and voters who identify themselves as very conservative. But without him the picture is muddier with jeb bush edging out rand paul and mike huckabee. And ben carson is right behind National Figures like marco rubio and Chris Christie. Nbc news wall street journal poll shows likely voters prefer a Republican Led Congress by a five point spread. Highprofile surrogates have fanned the country for both sides. Bill clinton and senator Elizabeth Warren were in arkansas and iowa over the weekend for democrats. But throughout most of the cycle president obama has been noticeably absent. The Washington Post poll shows why his approval is upside down on everything from the economy to ebola. But he was back on the trail yesterday, campaigning in maryland and illinois for gubernatorial candidates. And in the case of the Maryland Defense reuters reports some of the crowd left early while the president was still speaking. The only thing they said yes to was another massive tax cut for millionaires. I know thats surprising but thats what happened. So you know who they are fighting for and it aint you. Its not you. They are not. Willie, a lot to talk about. First lets go back to the polls. No surprise. On the democratic side Hillary Clinton up 50 points. Yeah. On the republican side, mitt romney ahead. Comfortably leading the field if he decides to run. The romneys can say they are not interested in running but the more they hear that this guy is a prohibitive favorite without even trying i got to say the more likely they are going to jump to this thing. You have to stipulate every time we look at these things its very early. We dont know what these polls mean except theres some indecision in the Republican Party about who the best guy would be. Does jeb get in. Does Chris Christie get back in. Until we know those pieces that poll doesnt mean that much. Dorian, we say polls, midterm polls really just dont matter until you get down to the last few weeks. Were the last few weeks away
nbc news wall street journal poll show republicans have a five moynihan lead on democrats. Thats something to pay a lot of attention to. Unless youre two weeks out and other polls showing this trend and then suddenly thats a big concern for democrats. All the polls that we have seen in the last few weeks and months show for a republican takeover of the senate, but theres some key races that could country out anyway in the next two weeks depending on what happens. Weve seen in several states in terms of Alison Lundergan grimes in kentucky and her position whether she voted for president obama, the president is trying to mobilize black voters in some key states, georgia, maryland, it will be interesting to watch what happens. Generally the predicts from the polls show Republicans Holding on to the house and possibly taking over the senate. You mentioned Elizabeth Warren as she hits the campaign trail she brings an aggressive
populist message. I think the game is rigged here. I think washington actually works really well for those who have lots of money, lots of lobbyists, lots of lawyers. I remember the day that i walked into my folks bedroom, and my mother had her best dress out and i was trying to figure what this meant. I was 12. She was trying. Talking to herself. We will not lose this house. And finally she wiped her face, she pulled on that dress, put on her lipstick, stepped into her high heels and she walked to the Sears Roebuck where she got a minimum wage job in an america where a minimum wage job would support a family of three and thats how we survived. Veteran iowa reporter Jennifer Jacob tweeted i think its fair to say that the crowd ofway dems absolutely loved Elizabeth Warrens debut speech here of the 2016 president ial cycle. Is she going to run, mika . I dont know. I really dont. Because i think Hillary Clinton has this. But i would love to see her in the conversation, thats for sure. If hillary doesnt shes putting herself in a position where she can. Do you think this idea of clearing the field, hillary clearing the field is bald for her and for democrats, the fact that you have someone like Elizabeth Warren who has a good message, a portion of the country really relates to, cant even be talked about in serious terms until Hillary Clinton decides why not talk about everybody equally. Its bad for the Democratic Party that they are placing the crown on somebody two years out saying you are going to be the heir apparent. What weve seen with hillary
what that makes her do is move more to the center, more to the center right, she gets cozier with wall street because she doesnt think anybody will challenge her on the left. She gets cozier with the Foreign Policy position that ive been calling her a neocon for years. Shes one of the most militaristic democrats. Very hawkish. Also the biggest hawk in the room and i find it stunning that the Democratic Party will not even allow a challenge to this sort of warmed over conservatism that she presents. I agree, joe. I agree wholeheartedly. I think the republicans are in better shape because they will have a competitive primary season. We should prefer competitive elections. We were saying the same thing in 2006 and 2007. This is hillarys if she wants it and then somebody came out of almost, of the shadows so to speak and emerged at this new
candidate. The same could happen this time. Those battles week in and week out that we covered, president obama and senator clinton were scratching and clawing. Everyone got better. They all got better. Hillary went from being an absolutely miserable candidate on the field to being, i think, an extraordinarily effective tough compelling speaker. She will not be with this sort of rose garden strategy without the rose garden which is what shes going to do. Shes going to play it at 30,000 feet and get in a general election and get blind sided. Ive seen it time and time again. This is very bad for the Democratic Party. You see this team around her thats making it very clear to others they need to keep their distance and i think sometimes having being challenged and bringing your opponents closer to you and letting people into the process makes for exactly what you just described. Yeah. A process that makes everybody better and the best
candidate emerges. I think it would being a great if Elizabeth Warren joined it. I really do. Even for the conversation itself. And help define the Party Principles going into the next absolutely. Politico is out with a new poll showing a pessimistic outlook for voters in swing states. 64 think things are out of control while 36 believe the country can meat its economic and National Security challenges. Look at that, willie. 64 were completely out of control. America, a runaway beer truck. Ive never seen that question asked. Do you think that we are a runaway beer truck careening through the appalachians about to go into a death spiral. Are things completely out of control. We have to ask mike about that. 20 thought the country is on the right track. 50 say its on the wrong track. Lets bring in mike allen. Whats with your questions, man. Its very grim out there. Of course who does this hurt . Does this hurt the democrats since the president is in power. Does it hurt republicans since republicans are running the senate . Who gains, who loses from this very dower mood. Depends on who is driving the beer truck and in the case of the nation thats the president so in senate races this mostly benefits democrats. In states, the governor who trying the beer truck and a great example of where this could hurt a republican is in wisconsin, where Governor Scott walker is very dependent on the right track wrong track feeling in his state. Now, the real game change in this poll is that as weve seen on morning joe throughout this cycle theres been this sort of low grade worry about the economy and jobs. But what were seeing here, regardless of how you word the question is now a red hot worry on a number of fronts. And this includes as you delve into the polls and we have some of these specifics to show our viewers, people are worried, very worried about their Health Insurance and whether or not those prices are going to go up. Theres mixed evidence about that. They are threat to the homeland that the Islamic State could pose. This is the most interesting one. You mentioned this at the top, president ial management. Believe it or not a tie between george w. Bush and barack obama as to who is better off running the government. There you go in terms of managing the federal government. You see the numbers there. George w. Bush seeming to be more effective, 38 to 35 . Barack obama under george w. Bush certainly something no one at the white house would have thought six years ago. No. Four years ago. Two years ago. Two days ago. But there it is. Its one crisis after another the latest is the ebola crisis thats at the top of mine. Another number that jumped out at me direction of the country only 20 think that the country is on the right track. 20 . All right. Mike allen, thank you. We had a debate on the show last week about that and it got, you know, rough between Steve Rattner and Nicole Wallace over who is better at running the country. Can we just say can we just say that both president s have been very challenged in their leadership abilities for Different Reasons. Yes. And i think that its interesting to see the republicans respond to ron klain being chosen i guess not an official ebola czar but running the ebola fall out now in this
country and they are lining up. We could play eight sound bites of people criticizing the decision at every turn. What do you think of that, though . Look, its obvious people are like why doesnt he have the medical experience. Right now its about trying to get the different organizations to work in sync with each other and in tandem. For me it wasnt that he didnt have the political background. I would have loved to see could lynn powell. Emergency response. Bring alan malawi. But with this, maybe ron will do a great job. Im sure hes a great guy, a greet leader but here again its somebody that barack obama knows, that barack obama is comfortable with, thats inside the cocoon, that wont challenge anything. I think a lot of americans, if he wanted to make americans feel more comfortable he would have gotten somebody like a colin
powell or somebody from industry like alan malawi that knew how to run things. I also think what we have said in this set is that a lot of it is the optics of what they are already doing being channelled appropriately. And perhaps thats one of his great strengths, strategizing and making the different deputies work together. I get it. It was interesting to see them line up. This is what weve seen throughout this entire presidency, just pot shots right and left. I dont think its a pot shot to say barack obama no, i dont think its pot shot that barack obama has serious leadership challenges. Look, you have the grimace face. I would like to take betts. Historians will be writing and lumping together george w. Bush and barack obama as two people
that dont we just had this conversation. I dont know. On a range of issues. Maybe if barack obama but as far as leadership knowing how to effectively run the white house, knowing effectively how to run washington, d. C. , knowing effectively how to run the bureaucracies. We should have a Surgeon General in place. I look forward to reading those historians that say this guy knows how to run washington effectively. I look forward to seeing that. I dont know who will write that. Ill be happy to call my friends in vegas and place that bet. Still ahead on morning joe, Actor Danny Aiello. He didnt start acting until he was 36 years old and he played over 90 different roles. He said he was glad he didnt get the Academy Award in do the right thing. He said if he did he would have lost all respect for the award. He said if i get it its not worth a damn. But its what he did before acting that could be for a movie. And runners in one marathon forced to wear facemasks to compete. And a man rescues another man from a burning building. Those details next on morning joe. Turn the trips you have to take,
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hour, because hes staring at you and telling you to be patient and sit back and everything will work out right. Changing his tune. I think he is. Stop being so pushy with phil griffin. Hell take care of you. Just relax. Kind of frightening. Yeah. Hes done a 180. Yeah. Thats good. Might have been an unfortunate comment. Well start with the telegraph. The runners of the 2014 beijing international is this bad completed the race despite hazardous levels of smog. Organizers refused to cancel the race despite warnings over the heavy pollution. Come on now. Runners opted to wear facemasks. Thats more than a facemask. I dont even want to say what that looks like. That looks like world war i. They were told to clean their
skin after it was exposed to the air. Look at this poor runner here on the front of the financial times. Shes texting her doctor. One of my lungs just dropped out. Is that a bad thing. Can i keep running. Some of the athletes were unable to finish the race because of the conditions. Thats why i dont run. Are you going to train with me for one in a couple of weeks. No. A woman is facing charges in the first revenge porn case to be prosecuted in virginia. The 28yearold has been charged with a misdeamnor for posting a nude picture of her exboyfriends current girlfriend on facebook. Officials say the woman admitted to stealing the woman off her exboyfriends phone. The new law makes it illegal for people to post nude tos without
permission. Mika doesnt know what revenge porn is. Everyone will call you thats what led to the dual between aaron burr and alexander hamilton. Really . The sketches were very bad. It was awful. The st. Louis postdispatch, Police OfficerDarren Wilsons account of the shooting that killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown has been made public for the first time. Ingrand jury testimony wilson reportedly said he feared for his life when he shot brown. Wilson claims during a struggle inside the police suv brown allegedly shoved and punched him and reached for the officers gun. Browns blood was found on wilsons uniform, gun and inside the police car. Wilsons testimony contradict testimony from eyewitnesss. The daily mail, New Hampshire parents whose shot was
killed offered the killer a home and a job after hes finished serves his sentence. It happened in 2011. He was drunk and high at the time. The victims parents defended him saying it was an accidents and say they believe their son would want to help his best friend. A man was carried to safety following a dramatic rescue in fresno, california. It happened early saturday morning. You can see the man in the blue hat calmly walking up to the burning building. Watch what happens less than a minute later. Everybody is out . No, theres a man inside oh. Everybody out. Oh, thank god is everybody out . Oh, thank god the guy just calmly walked in. The rescued man was treated for smoke na had a allocation. The house pretty much exploded into flames. Did you see that guy walking in there just calmly. Just incredible. C